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Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

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Herbal Essences
Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

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Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax	Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax
Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.	Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.
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Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free

Full ingredient list

Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water (aqua), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, synthetic beeswax, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, pvp, peg-50 shea butter, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, sea salt, ceteareth-20, caprylyl glycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, fragrance (parfum), butylene glycol, sorbic acid, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide. 5	Water/eau, pvp, chitosan, lactic acid, polysorbate 20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, fragrance/parfum, polysorbate 80, peg-60 almond glycerides, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 19

Total Number of ingredients = 12

Water (aqua), bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, synthetic beeswax, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, pvp, peg-50 shea butter, carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed extract, sea salt, ceteareth-20, caprylyl glycol, acrylates/c10-30 alkyl acrylate crosspolymer, fragrance (parfum), butylene glycol, sorbic acid, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, sodium hydroxide.

Water/eau, pvp, chitosan, lactic acid, polysorbate 20, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, phenoxyethanol, fragrance/parfum, polysorbate 80, peg-60 almond glycerides, disodium edta, ethylhexylglycerin

Notable ingredients

Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Antioxidant: Carthamus tinctorius (safflower) seed oil

Solvent: Water (aqua), Butylene glycol

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

Exfoliant: Lactic acid

Solvent: Water/eau

Anti-microbial: Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Beach Babe Texturizing Surf Paste

Touchable Hold Hair Styling Spray Gel

Water (aqua)

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2

Function: Emollient/Moisturizer, Skin conditioning

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.

Synthetic beeswax

Function: Viscosity controlling, Emulsion stabilizing

We don’t have a detailed description of this ingredient yet.